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Thick clouds till around 11:30 so very happy with, 4.91 O's3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds7
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Best output since June last year - 6.38 O's. Just exceeded 20MWh since installation.
6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.9 -
6.46 Os yesterday, nice
2kWp Solar PV - 10*200W Kioto, SMA Sunny Boy 2000HF, SSE facing, some shading in winter, 37° pitch, installed Jun-2011, inverter replaced Sep-2017 AND Feb-2022.6 -
Wow, that was quite a day for us hit 7.1 O's yesterday, highest generation day First full day of all day sunshine since the scaffolding went down. Looks like that made a difference since I could see some of the scaffolding bars casting a shadow on the panels.
5.5kWp Solar PV System. South herts, SE facing 12 panels. 6kw inverter, 5 kwh Battery. Apr 2025 install9 -
Final score for yesterday was 7.22 Os.
Very good start, this morning, but some high cloud that has since formed might limit output overall.7 -
How was the process of getting higher capacity inverter for you?theharebreaks said:Wow, that was quite a day for us hit 7.1 O's yesterday, highest generation day First full day of all day sunshine since the scaffolding went down. Looks like that made a difference since I could see some of the scaffolding bars casting a shadow on the panels.Lancashire
PV 5.04kWp SW facing
Solar Battery 6.5 kWh
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Mortgage freedom January 2024 - paid off 7 years early by making overpayments where we could.4 -
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How was the process of getting higher capacity inverter for you?theharebreaks said:Wow, that was quite a day for us hit 7.1 O's yesterday, highest generation day First full day of all day sunshine since the scaffolding went down. Looks like that made a difference since I could see some of the scaffolding bars casting a shadow on the panels.
Sorry, not quite sure what you mean. I was quoted with an inverter of 6kW and that is what we got5.5kWp Solar PV System. South herts, SE facing 12 panels. 6kw inverter, 5 kwh Battery. Apr 2025 install3 -
Ah - standard inverter capacity is 3.7kwh - just assumed maybe you have a ASHP or something you need the higher capacity for? Usually requires special permission from DNO to get moreLancashire
PV 5.04kWp SW facing
Solar Battery 6.5 kWh
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Mortgage freedom January 2024 - paid off 7 years early by making overpayments where we could.4 -
SuzeQStan said:Ah - standard inverter capacity is 3.7kwh - just assumed maybe you have a ASHP or something you need the higher capacity for? Usually requires special permission from DNO to get more
The installer got permission from the DNO before giving me an installation date, although still waiting on the G995.5kWp Solar PV System. South herts, SE facing 12 panels. 6kw inverter, 5 kwh Battery. Apr 2025 install6 -
Today's not looking great. The Met Office forecast wall-to-wall sunshine but it's been ovrercast here and we've barely glimpsed it!N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.6
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